Posted on 25 October 2005.
Circuit: Valencia Country: Spain Track length: 4005 m Opened: 1999 Fastest Lap Ever: 1′ 32.478 (Valentino Rossi, 2003) MotoGP lap record: 1′ 33.317 (Valentino Rossi, 2003) Last year MotoGP winner: Valentino Rossi Circuit tel: +34 96 2525220 Circuit web site: http://www.circuitvalencia.com 2004 MotoGP race summary At Valencia Valentino Rossi secured his ninth and final win [...]
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Posted on 23 October 2005.
Gauloises Yamaha Team rider Valentino Rossi took his fifteenth podium from sixteen races this season after finishing second in the inaugural Grand Prix of Turkey. Whilst Marco Melandri (Honda) backed up his practice pace with a strong victory at the front, Rossi overcame a series of set-up problems and a bad start in the race [...]
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Posted on 23 October 2005.
Full MotoGP race results from the Turkish Grand Prix at Istanbul, round sixteen of the 2005 world championship. 1. Marco Melandri ITA Team Movistar Honda 41min 44.139 secs 2. Valentino Rossi ITA Gauloises Yamaha Team 41min 45.652 secs 3. Nicky Hayden USA Repsol Honda Team 41min 51.012 secs 4. Sete Gibernau SPA Team Movistar Honda [...]
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Posted on 22 October 2005.
Gauloises Yamaha Team riders Valentino Rossi and Colin Edwards will start the inaugural Grand Prix of Turkey from the second row of the MotoGP grid tomorrow, after lapping fourth and fifth fastest in this afternoon’s single qualifying session. After making the most of another extended 90-minute free practice in the morning, the difference between the [...]
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Posted on 16 October 2005.
What is your earliest sporting memory? When I was 10, my father, Graziano, who was also a grand prix rider, took me to a go-kart competition. I finished sixth out of 15 karts. I was happy with that NI_MPU(‘middle’); When did you realise you would succeed as a motorcyclist? Winning the 500cc world championship at [...]
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Posted on 16 October 2005.
Yamaha completed a clean sweep for 2005 today as the Constructors’ World Championship was added to the Riders’ and Teams’ titles thanks to Valentino Rossi’s eleventh win of the season at Phillip Island. The Gauloises Yamaha Team rider held off a strong challenge from Nicky Hayden (Honda) to continue his undefeated run at this circuit, [...]
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Posted on 16 October 2005.
Full MotoGP race results from the Australian Grand Prix at Phillip Island, round fifteen of the 2005 world championship. 1. Valentino Rossi ITA Gauloises Yamaha Team 41min 8.542 secs 2. Nicky Hayden USA Repsol Honda Team 41min 9.549 secs 3. Carlos Checa ITA Ducati Marlboro Team 41min 12.757 secs 4. Marco Melandri ITA Team Movistar [...]
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Posted on 15 October 2005.
Gauloises Yamaha riders Valentino Rossi and Colin Edwards both lapped inside the previous pole record time at Phillip Island today in a highly competitive battle for grid positions ahead of tomorrow’s Australian Grand Prix. Rossi shaved almost six tenths off the record time he set here two years ago to secure a front row start [...]
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Posted on 14 October 2005.
Valentino Rossi continued to reign supreme as MotoGP returned to Phillip Island today with the recently crowned World Champion on top form in free practice at his favourite track. After taking victory here for the past four seasons Rossi made his intentions of extending his reign for a further year perfectly clear with a scorching [...]
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Posted on 14 October 2005.
Valentino Rossi is predicting another tough battle as he looks to extend a four-year unbeaten run at Phillip Island in this weekend’s fifteenth round of the MotoGP World Championship. Rossi, who already sealed the title in Malaysia two rounds ago, has enjoyed some of his most famous successes at this unique circuit and has contributed [...]
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Posted on 07 October 2005.
Circuit: Phillip Island Country: Australia Track length: 4448 m Opened: 1956 Fastest Lap Ever: 1′ 30.068 (Valentino Rossi, 2003) MotoGP lap record: 1′ 31.102 (Loris Capirossi, 2004) Last year MotoGP winner: Valentino Rossi Circuit tel: +61 3 59522710 web site: http://www.phillipislandcircuit.com.au The visit to Phillip Island will bring back sweet memories for the Gauloises Yamaha [...]
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Posted in News, Set-up Reports
Posted on 07 October 2005.
Despite his recent Ferrari F1 outings, Valentino Rossi will switch to another form of four-wheeled motorsport at the end of this season when he will test, and perhaps race, a Subaru Impreza in his Italian homeland. Spanish sportspaper AS reports that the recently crowned seven-times motorcycling world champion will test a full WRC spec Impreza [...]
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